***Chicago Blackhawks vs. LA Kings GDT 11/10/22 7:30pm on ESPN+ & Hulu only***

I guess the point is good? Doesn't feel good. Let's get the other point Kings.
 
Fiala was the best player all night, and it would be hard to convince me right now that he’s not the best player on the team. He’s got a skill set we haven’t seen in a long time.
 
ChiKingFan said:
Fiala was the best player all night, and it would be hard to convince me right now that he’s not the best player on the team. He’s got a skill set we haven’t seen in a long time.
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He doesn't have the shot but the whole offensive package reminds me so much of a young Ziggy Palffy. His vision and the speed at which he plays with the puck on his stick is elite.
 
The end of the 2nd seemed like a 3 min shift, did everything but score. Vilardi gaining more confidence. Was a fun gm to watch and wow, what a finish!
 
Both Quick and Mrazek were excellent in that game. Especially in OT. I think the Kings have turned the corner on their sloppy play without the puck. This might never be an elite shutdown team but they started showing a commitment to responsible play in the own zone since that win over the Lightning and the results speak for themselves. We’ve got ourselves a very good team.
 
Two games in a row Kings face stellar goaltending and they come out on top. Much improved team structure and there’s no sign of trading defense for offense here, so many dangerous chances.
 
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the shot differential of 3 or were within +/1 of that number:

Dead on (2 Points):
hornman
VegasHockey
LeftyKing
beedee

+/-1 2,4 (1 point)
Byron
dannybuoy1
srm1105
Rusty
TooCool
PuckMaster
Rogie-Vachon

By the eye test, the Kings should have won that game going away. Not to take away from Quick but Mrazek stood on his head all game to keep that close. Kings shooters started going for corners and missing the net entirely. The corsi count at 5 v 5 was 50 for the kings, 29 for the Hawks. Fenwick and Shots told a similar story, the kings were dominant at 64% of the ice. The difference was the Hawks specialty situations, even at 4 v 4 and PK they managed to drag the overall game to 55-45% of the events. Thankfully those both basically evened out in real time with Danault getting his goal right as time expired. Even the OT period which seemed to be all kings for that first 3 shifts suddenly turned into pucker time. Great work by Danault to get the puck over to Fiala at the end and thankfully he was rewarded for his hard work that game.

I don't know exactly where I feel most comfortable with Fiala in the lineup but i can say I like the work that Gabe is doing with Kopi. He's bridging that speed gap with Kempe much better than Fiala in the same position. As Nyssa said Gabe is making Kopi look like a better player again. If we can ever get Iafallo and Q back I wouldn't be opposed to trying VA out with the two of them and seeing how much Fiala could work with Danault and Moore. Grundy's been doing some good work but I'm ok with him rotating with Lemieux and maybe on occasion with Kaliyev. I still appreciate Kaliyev's PP presence but they have got to actually work towards his shot or its a waste of time.
 
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